Tobacco stick



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE 0F CORRECTION Patent No. 5 ,165,454 December 29 1964 W111iam A. Mish, Jr.

f is hereby certif1ed hLt error appears in the above numbered a ent requiring correction and ha, he said Letters Patent Shou1d ead as corrected be1ow.

In the drawin F G. 5, the 1etter "N" Shou1d be the numera1 11 Co1umn 1 1ine 11 for "3 107 018" read 3 154 5...5

Si ned and sea1ed this 1St da of June 1965.

( SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST W. SWIDER EDVARD J BRENNER Attesting 0fficer C0mmissioner of Patents 

1. A BOLTLESS KNOCKED DOWN TOBACCO STICK INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PREFABRICATED PARTS COMPRISING A BAR HAVING A LONGITUDINAL ROW OF ELONGATED SPIKES, SAID BAR HAVING ALIGNED SOCKETS, ONE IN EACH SIDE THEREOF, ADJACENT TO ONE END, ANOTHER BAR HAVING A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE IN A SURFACE THEREOF CO-TERMINUS THE LENGTH OF SAID BAR, SAID GROOVE SERVING TO RECEIVE THE FREE ENDS OF SAID SPIKES IN THE FIRST MENTIONED BAR, A BAR SPACER AND HINGE FRICTIONALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND MENTIONED BAR, SAID HINGE COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS LOOP OF SPRING METAL ROD, SAID LOOP BEING A DOUBLE-L FORMATION WITH SPACED VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LEGS, SAID VERTICAL LEGS HAVING ALIGNED PIVOT PROJECTIONS AT THE ENDS AND A REVERSED LOOP PORTION CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING IN A PLANE ABOVE SAID HORZONTAL LEGS BETWEEN SAID VERTICAL LEGS, PORTIONS OF THE HORIZONTAL LEGS, THE VERTICAL LEGS AND THE REVERSED LOOP FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE SURFACES DEFINING THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDES OF SAID SECOND MENTIONED BAR, AND SAID 